Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 13-07-02

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[01] Ankara forces Siber's "government" to accept its conditions in order to send money for the civil servants salaries-KTOS to boycott the "elections"

[02] The calendar of the so-called election in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Socialist Party will not participate in the "elections" but will issue its political views through an "opposition" platform

[04] A fire in the occupied village of Karavas burned 300 thousand square metres

[05] Turkish MP questions the participation of the Republic of Cyprus and the absent of the breakaway regime of the 17th Mediterranean Games

[06] Bozer carried out contacts during OSCE in Istanbul

[07] Eroglu in Istanbul for a Culture festival

[08] Article 35 of the Turkish Armed Forces Internal Service Code is amended

[09] Yildiz says Turkey may not use shale gas reserves before 2020

[10] Ankara may select Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defence systems

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[01] Ankara forces Siber's "government" to accept its conditions in order to send money for the civil servants salaries-KTOS to boycott the "elections"

The paper writes that AKP, which in the past put as a condition the selling of the illegal Tymvou airport in order to send money for the civil servants' salaries, now is asking from Siber's "government" to accept its terms which includes the conducting of Quran lesson, the establishing of a religious college and the signing of the economic protocol in order to send money.

"The government which in the past did not accept these demands yesterday voted in favour of them", writes Afrika.

Reacting to these developments, Turkish Cypriot Primary Teachers' Union (KTOS) and Turkish Cypriot Primary Teachers' Union (KTOEOS) stated that they will boycott the forthcoming 28 July "elections". "They were force to lean as if they were puppets. We will not go into the ballot box to vote for a puppet government", the two organizations stated during a press conference yesterday.

Meanwhile, Afrika furthermore writes that "prime minister" Sibel Siber made statements yesterday following a meeting of the "council of ministers" insisting that there is no problem between her "government" and Turkey and that the problems occurred regarding the payments' delay were due to technical issues. She also blamed the "government" of the National Unity Party (UBP) for the delay stating that there were no money to use for the payments, therefore they had to wait for money to come from Turkey. Siber also said that the aim of the new "government: is to increase the salaries but the quality of life.

[02] The calendar of the so-called elections in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus

According to an announcement by the "High Electoral Council" ("YOK"), the occupied town of Lefkosia will "elect" 16 "deputies" from 84 candidates, 4 of them are independent. The occupied town of Famagusta will "elect" 13 "deputies" from 67 candidates, 2 of them are independent. The occupied town of Keryneia will "elect" 10 "deputies" from 51 candidates, one of them is independent. The occupied town of Morphou will "elect" 6 "deputies" from 35 candidates. Finally, the occupied town of Trikomo will "elect" 25 candidates. Candidates from 5 political parties are contesting for the "elections". Parties may officially launch their "election campaign" by tomorrow.

According to the paper, a draw will be held on the 6th of July to determine the arrangement of "ballot papers".

A separate draw will be held on the 7th to determine the time and order in which candidates will be delivering their campaign speeches on illegal BRT.

The 13th of July will be the deadline for publishing opinion polls.

The last day for election propaganda will be the 27th of July, 24 hours before the "election" on the 28th.

Meanwhile, illegal BRT television (online, 01.07.13) broadcast that the last "election program", which will include the leaders of all 5 political parties contesting in the "elections", will be broadcast on the 26th of July.

[03] Cyprus Socialist Party will not participate in the "elections" but will issue its political views through an "opposition" platform

KSP notes that in this way it will convey its views to the "working class" and the "proletarian".

[04] A fire in the occupied village of Karavas burned 300 thousand square metres

On the same issue, Turkish Cypriot daily Ortam (02.07.13) criticizes the fact that the former UBP (National Unity Party) "government" spent the "public money" in cocktail parties, expensive cars, even buying TOMA instead of getting helicopters for fighting the fires.

[05] Turkish MP questions the participation of the Republic of Cyprus and the absent of the breakaway regime of the 17th Mediterranean Games

Turkan, who issued his question to the Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kilic, asked why the breakaway regime did not participate in the games since countries like Andora, San Marino, Serbia and FYROM participated in the games.

He also asked who issued the invitations and asked the reason why the Republic of Cyprus participated in the games, using its own flag while the "TRNC" as he called the occupation regime, had to right to participate.

[06] Bozer carried out contacts during OSCE in Istanbul

Bozer, who attended the OSCE as an honour guest of the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Cemil ?i?ek, had also a half hour meeting with him. He also met with other Presidents of country members of OSCE during the opening ceremony.

[07] Eroglu in Istanbul for a Culture festival

[08] Article 35 of the Turkish Armed Forces Internal Service Code is amended

Article 35 of the TSK Internal Service Code has often been criticized for its role in the past four military coups in Turkey, and the government recently announced plans to either amend or abolish it.

Article 35 entered the TSK's statutes after the coup in May 27, 1960. It was later cited as the legal basis for military interventions in March 12, 1971 and Sept. 12, 1980. The article says the military has a duty to "preserve and protect the Republic of Turkey."

The proposed amendment redefines the TSK's duty as "defending Turkish soil against threats and dangers from abroad, empowering the military force to ensure deterrence, performing missions abroad given by the Turkish Parliament and helping to maintain international peace."

[09] Yildiz says Turkey may not use shale gas reserves before 2020

Speaking to reporters following a meeting with the Union of Natural Gas Distribution Companies (GAZB0
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[10] Ankara may select Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defence systems

"That would certainly leave many of us speechless," said one senior diplomat from a NATO country. "Turkey has every right to choose its own air defence system but we do not quite understand the logic of opting for a Chinese system with no interoperability with the existing [NATO] assets."

A NATO ally defence attach? in Ankara said that deploying a Chinese air defence system to protect Turkish airspace could have political repercussions. "Questioning Turkey's geopolitical trajectory would then be legitimate," he said.

Turkey's defence procurement officials are about to wrap up their assessment on four rival solutions in a multibillion dollar program to build advanced long-range anti-missile and air defence systems, strongly leaning toward the Chinese bid. One defence official said that the government had come to the conclusion that the Chinese proposal was technologically satisfactory, allowed sufficient levels of technology transfer and was much cheaper than rival solutions. He said that the decision to select the Chinese contender was awaiting final approvals from Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo
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